청소년의 이성교제에 따른 사회심리적 특성 비교

The Comparison of Psycho-Social Environment Between Adolescents With and Without Romantic Partners

The purpose of this study was to examine the differences of psycho-social environments by the variables of sex and type of school. Subjects in this study were consisted of 1,011 adolescents drawn from 11 high schools in Cheongju city and Choeongwon gun. For data analysis, t-test and three-way ANOVA were conducted by SPSSWIN program. This results were as following: Boys high school students who having romantic partners had lower school adjustment and behavioral adjustment than those without romantic partners. Girls high school students who having romantic partners had lower peer relationships and behavioral adjustment than those without romantic partners. Also, regardless of school types. students with romantic partners had lower school adjustment and behavioral adjustment than those without romantic partners. In an academic high school, students with romantic partners had negative family relationships, whereas in commercial high school, students with romantic partners had peer relationships more negatively than those without romantic partners. This results suggest that adolescents romantic partners be important factor of social-psychological development. Especially, romantic partnership would be critical to induce problem behavior such as maladjustment and negative relationships in the environments of family and school.